Gwendolyn WILDER

1907 - 2003  (96 years)

• Name	Gwendolyn WILDER
  Birth	14 Apr 1907	Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Aug 2003	Mitchell County, Iowa
  Notes	Funeral service for Gwendolyn Irene Pike of St. Ansgar, were held Friday, August 29, 2003 at the St. Ansgar Baptist Church, with Rev. Gary Gonnerman and Rev. James Goodhue officiating. Burial was in the First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar. Gwendolyn died on August 25, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Center, St. Ansgar. Gwendolyn was born on April 14, 1907 in Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa to Elmer L. and Ethel (Van Camp) Wilder. She married Archie Pike on November 7, 1925 in Austin, Minnesota. She liked gardening, started crocheting at the age of 76 and did doilies for all her children and grandchildren. She spent 62 years on the family farm. Gwendolyn was a lifelong member of the Otranto Community Church, was a member of the Ladies Aid and a member of Garden Club. She also raised sheep. Her home was always open for coffee and meals and was a summer home for relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 1983, daughter Dawn McCormack, three brothers, two sisters, three grandchildren, three sons-in-law. Gwendolyn is survived by seven daughters, Georgia Lindley of LaPorte City; Barbara Leraaen (Oral) of St. Ansgar; Mary Kittleson (Edward) of Greene, Audrey Goodew (Carroll) of Lewisburg, N.C.; Frances Milne (John) of Waterloo, Sandra Keith (Roger) of Algona, and Gwendolyn Eileen Helfter (James) of Sherrard, Illinois; 41 grandchildren; 100+ great-grandchildren; 25+ great-great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law; Dorothy Naber of Mason City, Alice Olson of Northwood, and Thelma Delaney of Austin, Minn.
  Person ID	I34815	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 May 2022

  
  

  Family	Archie PIKE,   b. 6 Mar 1906, Worth County, Iowa d. 4 Feb 1983, Mitchell County, Iowa (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F23847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2022